Oklahoma judge rules a man who wrongfully spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder is innocent

Glynn Simmons foi ilibado depois de ter estado preso quase 50 anos por um crime que não cometeu

Afro-americano, agora com 70 anos, passou grande parte da vida atrás das grandes, por ter morto a funcionária de uma loja de bebidas. Agora, um tribunal reconheceu que o homem nunca cometeu tal crime.

Man cleared of murder after 48 years in prison

A US judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder.

Former death row inmate fully exonerated after serving nearly 50 years for murder he didn't commit: 'Resilience and tenacity'

An Oklahoma man who served nearly half a century for a murder he didn't commit has finally had his name cleared.Glynn Simmons was just 22 years old on December 30, 1974, the night two robbers entered a liquor store in Edmond, Oklahoma, located just outside Oklahoma City, and shot and killed the cler...

Glynn Simmons (70) spent almost half a century innocent in prison. On Tuesday, the court in the state of Oklahoma overturned his conviction...

Man who spent 48 years in prison for murder formally declared innocent

Glynn Simmons, who served US’s longest wrongful imprisonment for a 1974 murder, wins rare rulingThe man who served the US’s longest wrongful imprisonment for a 1974 murder he has always denied committing has now won a rare ruling declaring him to be actually innocent of the crime.Glynn Simmons’s murder conviction was dismissed in July after a judge in Oklahoma determined that prosecutors withheld some evidence in the case, including a police rep…

Oklahoma man declared innocent after five decades in prison

By Rich McKay (Reuters) - In the longest known wrongful imprisonment case in modern U.S. history, an Oklahoma man was declared innocent this week after nearly five decades in prison for a crime the court now says he did not commit, according to a University of Michigan registry of such cases. Glynn Simmons, 71, served 48 years, one month and 18 days for the murder of a store clerk during the armed robbery of an Oklahoma City liquor store in …